The Incremental Variance Problem: Enhancing the Predictability of Academic Success in an Urban, Commuter Institution

Genetic, Social, and General Psychology Monographs

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 153-180

  Weissberg, Norman C ^a,c   Owen, David R ^a   Jenkins, Adelbert H ^b   Harburg, Ernest ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

College GPA; College retention; Commuter college; False attributions; High school grade inflation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; REVIEW; STUDENT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0344197731     PISSN: 87567547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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